What to do with shoulder pain, comprehensive treatment with traditional Chinese medicine is effective

Shoulder pain is common among middle-aged and elderly people. Long-term overwork, poor posture, shoulder injuries, etc. can cause shoulder pain. There are also some disease factors, the most common of which are cervical spondylosis, gallbladder, and lung diseases. These can be treated with traditional Chinese medicine.

1. Comprehensive approach of TCM

1. The purpose of Chinese medicine is to dispel wind and cold, relieve spasms, dredge meridians, and promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis.

2. Cupping The acupoints commonly used for cupping treatment of periarthritis of the shoulder are: Jianjing, Jianyu, Jianqian, Jianzhen, Tianzong and other acupoints. Select two acupoints each time and use them alternately.

3. Gua Sha The meridians commonly used for scraping to treat frozen shoulder are: the lung meridian and large intestine meridian on the outside of the arm. You can shave 1 to 2 times a week.

4. Acupuncture: The acupoints commonly used in the treatment of periarthritis of the shoulder are: Jianjing, Jianyu, Jianan, Jianzhen, Dazhui, Quchi, Waiguan, and Wanbone. Choose a 1-1.5-inch acupuncture needle, disinfect the skin with a 75% alcohol cotton ball, insert the needle into the acupuncture point, and leave the needle in for 20-30 minutes. Once a day. One course of treatment is two weeks.

5. Physical therapy uses high-frequency electromagnetic therapy such as ultrashort wave, once a day, and 10 days as a course of treatment. It can reduce inflammation, relieve pain, relieve spasms, improve blood circulation and relax muscles.

6. Functional exercise is very important for patients with periarthritis of the shoulder. As the Chinese saying goes: "Medicine is 30% and practice is 70%." Patients should be encouraged to do more shoulder exercises, especially large-scale exercises, which are very beneficial for preventing adhesion of the shoulder joint and stiffness and contracture of the shoulder soft tissue.

2. Diet therapy

1. Take 30 grams of Zhuigufeng and 60 grams of wine. Soak Zhui Gu Feng in wine for 5 days. Take orally in several doses.

2. Use 1000 grams of old ginger, 500 grams of green onion, and 250 grams of sweet wine. Mash the two herbs, fry them until hot, and apply to the painful area.

3. Take 500 grams of ginger, 50 grams of onion roots, 250 grams of peppercorns, 100 grams of fennel, and 150 grams of white wine. First, chop the ginger and onion roots and mash them into a paste. Mash fennel and peppercorns into powder. Then mix the four ingredients together. Place them in an iron pan and stir-fry over low heat. Add white wine and stir. Then put them into a gauze bag and apply to the affected area. The temperature should be tolerable, cover with a towel and then a quilt to make the patient sweat. The next day, heat the medicine bag in a pan and continue using it without changing the medicine. You can add wine to the medicine bag. Take it once every night and persist in the treatment, it will definitely be effective. It takes 1 month to see results, and generally 81 days are required.

4. Chuanwu porridge: about 5g raw Chuanwu, 50g polished rice, about 10 drops of ginger juice and appropriate amount of honey. Crush the Aconitum carmichaelii and grind it into very fine powder. Cook the japonica rice first, add the Chuanwu powder when the porridge is almost done, and simmer over low heat. When it is cooked, add ginger juice and honey, stir well, and cook for a while. It has the effects of dispelling cold and dampness, unblocking joints, warming the meridians and relieving pain. It is suitable for patients with periarthritis of shoulder caused by rheumatism and cold.

5. White peony and peach kernel porridge: 20g white peony, 15g peach kernel, 60g polished rice. First, boil white peony root in water to extract liquid, about 500ml; then peel the tip of peach kernel, mash it into paste, add water to grind the juice, and remove the residue; use the two juices and polished rice to cook into porridge, which is ready to eat. It has the effects of nourishing blood, removing blood stasis, unblocking meridians and relieving pain. It is suitable for patients with late stage periarthritis of shoulder with blood stasis blocking the collaterals.

6. Mulberry branch chicken soup: 60g old mulberry branch, 1 old hen, a little salt. Cut the mulberry branches into small pieces and cook them together with the chicken until the soup is thick. Add salt to taste and drink the soup while eating the meat. It has the effects of removing rheumatism, unblocking meridians, and replenishing qi and blood. It is suitable for patients in the chronic stage of periarthritis of shoulder with weak constitution and rheumatism blocking the meridians.